A nationwide survey on seroprevalence of Neospora caninum infection in beef cattle in Uruguay

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 139, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 15-20

  Bañales, Pedro ^a   Fernandez, Leandro ^a   Repiso, María V ^a   Gil, Andres ^a   Dargatz, David A ^b   Osawa, Takeshi ^c  

^a Dirección de Laboratorios Veterinarios Miguel C Rubino DILAVE MGAP   (Uruguay)

^b CENTERS FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND ANIMAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ELISA; Neospora caninum; Seroprevalence; Uruguay

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BEEF CATTLE; CATTLE FARMING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DEMOGRAPHY; DOG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GRASS; HEALTH SURVEY; HERD; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEROPREVALENCE; SOIL PROPERTY; URUGUAY; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; MALE; NEOSPORA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; URUGUAY;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

EID: 33747138331     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.03.004     Document Type: Article

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